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Limited-time: 100% bonus with Hilton points purchases

May 26, 2020
by
Joseph Hostetler Joseph Hostetler

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You know those people that say you should never buy points, even when they’re on sale? Those are the type of people that aren’t good at math.

Hilton currently offers a limited-time 100% bonus when you buy at least 10,000 Hilton points — in other words, you can purchase Hilton points at half price (0.5 cents each). If you’ve been dreaming of a five-star vacation, or if you’ve already got hotel nights lined up, this could be away to sharply reduce your cost.

You can buy Hilton points through this deal and use them for stays at any Hilton hotel — like the magical Conrad Bora Bora. (Photo by Hassani Hilda/Shutterstock)

Hilton buy points promotion

You’ve got until May 27, 2020, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time, to receive a 100% bonus on Hilton points purchases of 10,000+ points. Normally, Hilton sells points for 1 cent each, so with this deal you can acquire them for just 0.5 cents each.

Hilton stipulates that you can buy a maximum of 160,000 Hilton points per calendar year. But with this promotion, you can actually receive double that number. You can buy 160,000 points, and receive a total of 320,000 points this year.

320,000 points will cost you $1,600. Hilton points value depends on which hotel you book, but but this can be an unbelievable way to “pre-pay” for your upcoming travel at a discount. For example, the Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi costs up to $3,000+ per night in spring 2021 — but it’s available for 120,000 points per night.

This is one of the top destinations in the Maldives. If you were to buy the amount of points you needed per night, it would cost you $600. per night. That’s a jaw-dropping savings of $2,400 per night!

And remember, any Hilton members with elite status (which you automatically receive if you have a Hilton credit card) will get the fifth award night free. You’d need to purchase 480,000 points for a five night stay at this hotel, but Hilton lets you pool points with anyone. You an a friend could both purchase points and combine them. If you purchased a total of 480,000 points, you’d spend $2,400. But you’d receive a stay worth potentially $15,000+! That’s like getting an 84% discount.

There are loads of other hotels in which you can save big by purchasing Hilton points. I personally use my Hilton points for low-category hotels, because I tend to save the most. You can read my post on the subject for more details.

It’s worth mentioning that purchasing points can be a bit risky at this time, as the travel industry battles its way out of the coronavirus lockdown. We’ve seen some companies file bankruptcy, and it’s too early to tell the implications of something like that. Buying points can certainly be a great deal if travel continues to improve as we think it will. And Hilton points expire after 12 months of account inactivity.

Open a credit card instead

This points sale can be a fantastic value. But don’t spend money unless you need to. You can earn tons of Hilton points by opening credit cards and meeting the minimum spending requirements:

No Foreign Transaction Fees. Enjoy international travel without additional fees on purchases made abroad.

Enjoy complimentary Hilton Honors Silver status with your Card. Plus, spend $20,000 on eligible purchases on your Card in a calendar year and you can earn an upgrade to Hilton Honors Gold status through the end of the next calendar year.

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@WES… Your statement appears to be true. However, toping off one’s account by spending a few dollars (less dollars than if there was no 80k Bonus) may very well allow for someone to reach a level of points that allow for them to make magical things happen. Somethings would be:

1. Booking a hotel that otherwise they did not have enough point for; such as is the case if they needed 80k points to book a hotel and only had 70k

and or more importantly

2. Someone that has enough points for 3 nights, who is a Platinum Member, who can now purchase enough points for the 4th night and end up with 5 nights for the cost of their points and ‘purchased’ points to acquire the 4th night.

Now while I’d like to wait it out until the ‘valuation’ of this sale is, as you put it, ‘below that (.05) value”, one does not often have the ability to sit around until a company affords such a promotion. Instead they may simply spend 10 dollars to get 1000 more points… and end up with two more nights to their stay…

Editorial Note: We're the Million Mile Secrets team. And we're proud of our content, opinions and analysis, and of our reader's comments. These haven’t been reviewed, approved or endorsed by any of the airlines, hotels, or credit card issuers which we often write about. And that’s just how we like it! :)